I was reminded this weekend of an article I read last summer about how Temple University is combating violence in North Philadelphia.  I've had the privilege to work alongside the surgeon who spearheaded this program.

"You have the rest of your lives to make decisions that will keep you from losing your lives around this [trauma] bay.  Don't put 15 minutes in the hands of our trauma surgeons and expect them to bring you back the life that you squandered."

Gripping

Relevant

Loving.

What about your soul?

Is it like that body lying on the gurney?  

Are you risking the loss of your own soul?  

What decisions will you make this week to keep you from losing your soul?

Don't think that you have the rest of your life to repent of those decisions.

"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?  Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"  Matthew 16:26

What are you exchanging for your soul?

Security?

Affluence?

Family?

Entertainment?

Where's your cross?  Pick it up and lets get going...